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1/2 Rupee - Sawant Singh Partabgarh
| Issuer | Pratabgarh, Princely state of |
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| Year | 1785 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#12 |
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| Obverse lettering | ۲۹ |
| Reverse description | Hammered silver field displaying the Hijri date AH 1199 rendered in Arabic numerals, referencing the regnal year of Shah Alam II under whose imperial authority this half rupee of Pratabgarh state was issued. A horizontal dividing line separates the upper and lower portions of the field, a feature common to Mughal-style princely state coinage of the late 18th century. Additional Arabic calligraphic elements and dotted ornaments are distributed across the flan, consistent with the conventions of contemporary subsidiary rupee coinage. |
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Pratapgarh was among the smaller Rajput princely states in what is now southern Rajasthan, and its coinage authority derived from a Mughal-era sanction that outlasted the Mughal empire itself by generations. Sawant Singh ruled in the late eighteenth century as the dynasty navigated the increasingly aggressive presence of Maratha confederacy forces pressing through Rajputana. Local silver coinage of this type was minted to a reduced Mughal rupee standard, the half-rupee weight reflecting genuine fiscal constraint rather than a separate denominational tradition.
KM#12 is sparsely documented in auction records, suggesting limited surviving numbers rather than limited original mintage.